Jim Morrison‚ an artist and writer‚ had a very struggling childhood. He was an intelligent and goal setting child. However on a road trip through New Mexico with his family‚ he endured a rather tragic event at the age of five. Scattered all across the road‚ dismembered and unrecognizable figures lay across the highway. A truck full of Indians had gotten into a bad wreck‚ and many had died. Being rather young‚ he did not really know what was happening‚ but he could tell it was bad. Later‚ this affected
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A. Performance On‚ April 5‚ 2017‚ I attended a jazz performance by Jim Schmidt and Chris Janzen. The performance was held inside a restaurant called Campagnia‚ which is located in Fresno‚ California. On April 7‚ 2017‚ I attended a live jazz group‚ that went by the name Rich Severson Trio. They performed at a local restaurant in Fresno California called Ginz Bistro. B. Instrumentation Jim Schmidt and Chris Janzen worked as a duo. They had a acoustic guitar‚ saxophone‚ and a flute. As for the Rich
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When Joseph joined the band on the first day of school‚ he was excited to learn to play the trumpet. During the summer‚ his father had shown him some videos of a jazz trumpeter playing a complicated solo with her band and Joseph decided he wanted to be just like her someday. Learning the trumpet took a substantial amount of time‚ so Joseph practiced every day after school for at least an hour. Joseph’s rapid progress and enthusiastic dedication impressed his band teacher‚ Ms. Watson. One day in
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Summary of “Cinderella’s Stepsisters” In his story “Cinderella’s Stepsisters” Toni Morrison compares modern day women’s rights to those of the ancient fairy tale figure “Cinderella.” According to him women stick together to wrong another woman‚ like Cinderella’s sisters had done‚ her‚ while copying their mother’s actions. He wants to know what happens to the sisters‚ after the story ends‚ when they grow up. He wants to know how their attitudes will be in regard to other children and old people
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President Obama on What Books Mean to Him.” In this article I learned that Toni Morrison’s writings have a great influence on people. She had great significance on President Barack Obama. “Toni Morrison’s writings‚ [ he says‚] particularly “Song of Solomon” is a book I think of when I imagine people going through hardship. That it’s not just pain‚ but there’s joy and glory and mystery.” Morrison meant so much to Obama‚ in 2012 Morrison was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Obama. I also
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Modal jazz is a style that uses modes instead of chord progressions and is a harmonic guide for the soloist to use during an improvisation. The improvisations in modal music are usually based on only one or two chords that are repeated. “Flamenco Sketches” has five modes per each improvisation and each mode is either four or eight measures long‚ except for the last mode in the song. The first muted trumpet improvisation by Miles Davis starts at 0’ 18"‚ the tenor saxophone improvisation by John Coltrane
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“Oh the humanity” said Herb Morrison a reporter. Herb Morrison was at the event and he saw the whole disaster. He saw so many people die in front of his eyes. Now more information about the hindenburg and cause and effect of the disaster. The Hindenburg was a German passenger airship called LZ 129 Hindenburg and that a zeppelin. The Hindenburg was capable of traveling 78 miles per hour and it was 245m (804 ft) long and 41m (135 ft) in diameter. The Hindenburg was also a mail airship because it
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Luigi one of the Fathers of Jazz dance Luigi was born in Steubenville‚ Ohio‚ on March 20‚ 1925. He was one of 11 children in his family. He was born with the name Eugene Louis Facciuto but‚ later was renamed Luigi by his mentor Gene Kelly because he told him “There are too many Genes!”Luigi’s brother tony taught him to sing and dance at a young age. Eugene began singing and dancing for pennies on street corners. He performed in local talent shows and toured as a singer with a performing orchestra
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acts of the late 1960s. The members were Jim Morrison‚ who was singing‚ on the guitar Robbie Krieger‚ the drummer John Dencemore and Manzarek playing the organ. At first they arose on birthday or weddings. Then came the day where they signed an contract with Columbia‚ which was dessolved after a short time. The Doors played for little money in pub called "London Fog"‚ where they devoloped their unmistakable music style. In the first time Jim Morrison sang with the back to the public‚ because of
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Helen of Troy found herself caught in the middle. Yet her struggle is never examined. Toni Morrison harkens back to this irony with her character Helene in Sula. Helene‚ like Helen of Troy‚ fights to find a middle ground between ontological extremes in her life‚ a struggle that history has yet to examine. Helene’s only relevance in Sula is that she mothered Nel‚ the main character’s best friend‚ but Morrison utilizes a small section about Helene’s life to explore the bigger ramifications of
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